Caleb

This is the story of Caleb Hoskins a first generation Australian born in Walkerville, South Australia in 1849. He was the sixth child born to Andrew and Ann Hoskins, who raised eleven children in the early years of the South Australian colonisation. This story is a biography of known facts, deduced from wide ranging research, woven through a fictional tale.

Caleb spent his childhood in Prospect village, living in a tent and using the River Torrens as his playground with his younger brother ...